<div>Why would you put a spot of glue on the tape of cork straps????</div> <div> </div> <div>Yeah, this may be rare, but there's always a first time.  But why talk sets?  Could be your Father in laws piano student started nibbling at one cheese flavored strap while no one was looking.  He discovered the missing strap and replaced it.  But this time he put just a dab of tabasco sauce flavoring on the tip.</div> <div> </div> <div>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>> It is possible that a tech before you may have not been trained to only <BR>> use a */spot/* of glue on the cork. <BR><BR>Not the cork, the tape.<BR><BR><BR>>What happens in this case? Do <BR>> */you/* find the tech and send him/her to hell, along with the piano <BR>> keys, so he can play his accordion?<BR><BR><BR>You deal with it like all the other stuff you deal with every <BR>day. It's not the end of the world, and so rarely comes up, <BR>that it's mostly a non issue. How many sets of bridle straps <BR>would you expect to replace in any given piano, anyway? If <BR>mice are eating them (my Father in law always wanted to market <BR>cheese flavored bridle straps to insure future income), they <BR>are doing plenty of other damage to the piano in the process, <BR>which limits repeat jobs. If the straps are deteriorating from <BR>age, how many years can we realistically expect a piano to <BR>last and function with superficial repairs like bridle strap <BR>replacement? I'd say if you're installing the third set of <BR>bridle straps, after the guy who installed the second, the <BR>piano most likely needs a thorough rebuilding, or a tour of <BR>the dump. Forget the mortician's makeup, and just close the lid.<BR><BR>Ron N<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> __________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com